05-06-2019, 01:42 AM
Went to Flaming Gorge this Friday and Saturday and fished out of Lucerne Marina. The better half and I tried up toward the Pipeline area at about 3:00 PM. We hooked into 4 kokes trolling ranging from 12 in up to 18 in. We had the downriggers between 50 - 60 ft and a planer board with a snap weight around 30 ft. Pink still seems to be the color of choice. One on a pink squid with a pink/green dodger, one on a apex trout killer (pink/green) lure with a silver double D dodger and two on an orange and white mini squid from Kokanee Creek outfitters with a Vance's copper and pink dodger. The wind was blowing pretty good so we called it a night fairly early.
Saturday we headed out at around 8:00 AM and went up further past the Pipeline towards Anvil Draw where we hooked into another koke on the Apex lure setup, a laker pup on a Cabela's rainbow colored 7/8 oz spoon and a couple of rainbows that got off right at the boat. We were down 30 ft for the koke, 70 ft for the laker, and the bows hit at 20 and 30 ft. Left at around 11:00 to head back home.
If I may vent for a bit too, it was really frustrating to see people right on the boat ramp and courtesy dock fishing so it made it nearly impossible to launch your boat. And when I say on the boat ramp I mean literally on the concrete ramp. It really amazed me, in my opinion, how disrespectful these people were to fish where others were trying to launch and board their boat. Maybe I'm the crazy one but I try to give shore anglers as much space as possible while I'm trolling along the shore.
Anyway it was a pretty good trip to start with and hopefully even better in the next couple of weeks when the fishing tournament starts. Best of luck to all participating! May your lines be tight and your fish be large!!!
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Saturday we headed out at around 8:00 AM and went up further past the Pipeline towards Anvil Draw where we hooked into another koke on the Apex lure setup, a laker pup on a Cabela's rainbow colored 7/8 oz spoon and a couple of rainbows that got off right at the boat. We were down 30 ft for the koke, 70 ft for the laker, and the bows hit at 20 and 30 ft. Left at around 11:00 to head back home.
If I may vent for a bit too, it was really frustrating to see people right on the boat ramp and courtesy dock fishing so it made it nearly impossible to launch your boat. And when I say on the boat ramp I mean literally on the concrete ramp. It really amazed me, in my opinion, how disrespectful these people were to fish where others were trying to launch and board their boat. Maybe I'm the crazy one but I try to give shore anglers as much space as possible while I'm trolling along the shore.
Anyway it was a pretty good trip to start with and hopefully even better in the next couple of weeks when the fishing tournament starts. Best of luck to all participating! May your lines be tight and your fish be large!!!
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